be looking at on cbs "this morning saturday." remembering one of television's great villain, actor larry hagman who played the texas oil man j.r. ewing has died. >> attention shoppers. the rush is on. the holiday season is officially under way and as some walmart stores disgruntled workers are having their say too. >> violence erupting in the streets of egypt and just two days after being hailed as a peacemaker, the egyptian president is being called a different name dictator. >> hitchcock, his movie scared america. now there's a movie that tells his story. all that and so much more on cbs "this morning saturday," saturday, november 24, 2012.

good morning welcome to the weekend and welcome to sharyl attkisson filling in for rebecca. great to see you. >> thanks. >> we're very excited to have some special guests this morning in our studio, members of a championship junior high chess team whose story is told in a new documentary called "brooklyn castle." >> let's get to your open story. the death of actor larry hagman. his most famous role was that of j.r. ewing. it was one of the most successful in history. manuel bojorquez is at the south fork ranch which served as j.r.'s television home. good morning. >> reporter: you may recall in the 1980s whenever someone talked about dallas you have to wonder whether they were talking about the tv series or the actual city in texas. and, of course everyone remembers south fork ranch as

the home of the fictional ewing family. it was the cliffhanger that ended the 1980 season which everyone over a certain age will always remember. it was one of the most famous moments in television history. the world asked who shot j.r. and this morning the world mourns the loss of the actor who played j.r. ewing in the hit cbs show "dallas." larry magazine hahn has died at the age of 81. >> there we are. >> reporter: hagman rose to fame as good natured astronaut anthony nelson in the "i dream of jeanne." he came from a show business family. his mother was mary martin. hagman was candid about his personal life acknowledging years of heavy drinking that so damaged his liver he eventually needed a transplant. after many years of smoking, hagman quit and became an

anti-smoking advocate. recently he acknowledged that his wife of nearly six decades as alzheimer disease and he was battling throat cancer. hagman's spirit never false terrified. earlier this year "dallas" was revived as a new series on tnt. in an appearance on this program in june of this year hagman told jeff glor what he thought about returning to television as the villain that everyone loves to hate. >> larry when they first came to you and said i want to reboot this what did you think? >> yahoo! >> dallas ran on cbs from 1979 to 1991. >> i don't understand why you think you've changed. >> his role as j.r. ewing made him a cultural icon and a symbol

of 1980s american excess. hagman said he loved playing j.r. because he could get away with anything but acknowledged that he couldn't get away with cancer. hagman moved back to dallas for the show's revival. he died on friday in a city that was synonymous with his success. larry hagman is survived by his wife of 59 years, two children and five grandchildren. anthony. >> i understand that hagman's co-stars linda gray and patrick duffy were both at his bedside in his final hours. is that right? >> reporter: that's right. that's from our understanding of what happened yesterday afternoon when mr. hagman passed. patrick duffy was there as well as linda gray who remembered hagman as her best friend of 35 years and said quote, he brought joy to everybody he knew. >> manuel bojorquez, thanks. black friday the annual start to the holiday shopping

season kicked off yesterday and by all indications it was a strong start but there are also was another major black friday event a nationwide protest against walmart by some of its employees and their supporters. we go to a k-mart here in new york. >> reporter: good morning. we're at a k-mart which was one of those stores to open on thanksgiving day itself and was rewarded for it by quite a bit of foot traffic in its stores and a boost in sales. nationwide walmart as you mentioned saw protests at its stores. it was workers who were walking out of the job to protest unfair labor practices. walmart tells us it wasn't just employees in some cases it was members of outside labor groups who are trying to get employees to unionize. walmart said it had one of its strongest, perhaps best black fridays ever. nationwide retail sales are expected to jump 4.1% this holiday season but that's modest compared to the 5.6% retailers

saw last year. retailers say they will take what they can get. 147 million americans are expected to shop this black friday weekend. an estimated 41 million got started on thanksgiving itself. in stores that made for more of a steady stream than the usual stampede of shoppers. but the day full of deals wasn't without a fuel dust ups. more shoppers are turning online and ecommerce is connected to increase 17% this year. retailers have tried to bring that digital experience into stores too. we met tom blushy at macy's. >> basically an app of all the stores and says the discounts for today, what's on sale. >> the retail environment is super competitive and we love that. >> reporter: amazon.com vp say

they are expecting their best year yet. >> looking for parking, fighting crowds and possibly not even finding what you wanted and what you were looking for. those are all great reasons to relax, shop from the comfort of your couch use a laptop computer or a tablet computer. >> reporter: toys "r" us ceo said they don't shy away from dot-com. his company does more than a billion dollars in internet sales. >> how important is it to have a brick-and-mortar store? >> very important. we're human beings. we're social animals. they want a bargain. they want an experience being a part of humanity. people go out to see other people. to spend time outside of their homes. >> even if it crushes people filling a store. >> a lot of people enjoy the crowds. it's fun. >> reporter: yes, fun indeed. the next stop on that holiday shopping calendar of course anthony is cyber monday the day that we all or most of us return

network and turn on our computers and buy things instead of working. unbelievably holiday sales for cyber monday are expected to jump more than 20%. >> seth doane, thanks. now to the big picture of holiday shopping how retailers are doing in the wake of black friday and how the walmart protest could affect their bottom line. we have a leading retail analyst and an expert on the holiday shopping season here. we'll talk about walmart in a minute. let's start with black friday itself. not all the numbers are in yet but how is it tooking? >> looks decent. doesn't look as spectacular as it was last year but don't forget consumers had more time to shop. not only were they able to shop online you did have some stores that were even open on thursday and thursday night. >> saw a big jump in the stock market on friday and courtroom confidence numbers are looking pretty good. how critical is this moment in time to our economy? >> overall black friday weekend can account for up 120% of

holiday season sales. consumers are always pro procrastinateor procrastinators. >> is this a big time >> it's important for retailers. >> we're building up to the fiscal cliff. how will that affect how retailers treat this holiday season? >> they are manage very carefully. if one thing came out of the recession they know how to manage. for holiday 2012 retailers bought less inventory. yes, there are discounts and they planned carefully for them but you may not have what you want if you wait too long. >> are retailers worried shoppers may spend less because they hear talk about the fiscal cliff and taxes going sfup >> that's allocated to the high end or lower income. when retailers look for they manage those high end income inventories and it's january or february. if there's discussions about it that's definitely a concern for christmas. >> we heard about the protests

on walmart. they said it was benefits wages, treatment of employees. walmart is our nation's biggest retailer. we want to bring in diane brady. she's reported extensively on walmart. walmart is basically saying when he the best black friday ever. is that the case? will we know how the numbers are showing up? >> when they put that out they were talking very much about thursday, so those of you who are lining up at 8:00 p.m. to get your ferbies they didn't have a lot of protests on thursday night. walmart has done very well this year and they have a vested interest in telling us that because of these protests. it was a gig concern for people. >> how much of a case do the employees have here? >> you know it's the world's largest retailer. they make almost half a trillion dollars, almost 440 billion last year. they are a great target. walmart for years has been a target. what's interesting this year we're seeing them going out and

protesting and in some ways it's a good sign for economy. it means people have some confidence. but it's a sign that they are not making enough money to live. their premiums are going up. >> what do you sense the mood is right now going into this season. everybody is trying to anticipate and we always have these projections. what do you sense the consumers' mood is? >> it is up a little bit. the reality is you still have 8% unemployment. i don't think the fiscal cliff is such an issue. the big issue is frankly people are nervous about whether they are going to keep their jobs still and the reality is that americans who shop a lot and we can spread it out over online not one big day where we go out and shop. so i think it will be good. i don't think it will be a great blockbuster season. >> back to the protest. does walmart treat its workers differently than other discount stores like target or kohl's? >> walmart is in line like every

retailer. it's not a great job for some people because you have varied hours and such but it's the biggest -- it's famous to some extent with health care benefits and things like that. no they make the point that 250,000 of their workers are more than ten years. that's actually not bad in the retail sector when you have 1.3 million employees. >> thank you both for being with us this morning. clashes resume in cairo, egypt as protesters protest against dictatorial power. holly williams is in cairo this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well earlier this week president morsi brokered a truce between hamas and israel a truce that seems to be holding. after winning international praise for that he's now angered many egyptians who said he made

a brazen power grab by removing all checks and balances on his rule. last year egyptians came together to oust their on time dictator hosni mubarak. but on thursday they threw stones and hurled insults at each other. liberal egyptians are furious and said president mohamed morsi is behaving like a pharaoh, ruling by decree. >> i'm upset. >> reporter: this woman told us she feared that president morsi could use his new powers to take away women's rights. she wants him removed from office. in alexandria angry crowds ransacked and set fire to the freedom and justice power the political arm of the muslim brotherhood for which president morsi draws his backing. when he addressed the nation yesterday the president said the new measures were aimed at members of the old regime who

still oppose him. he described them as vermin. there are weebles eating away at egypt's nation. if i see my country in danger i will act. his actions have left egypt more divided than ever. many egyptians still support president morsi and his program of reform but people we've spoken to say they feel betrayed. last year during the arab spring they fought for freedom and democracy and they say those things are being stifled in egypt. >> holly williams reporting in cairo. >> in the same week that egypt's president brokered a cease-fire between israel and hamas in gaza he triggers a cry since his own nation by grabbing extra power. joining us from our washington bureau now is a middle east program director for the international crisis group, an organization dedicated to heading off deadly conflicts around the world.

good morning. >> good morning. >> where do you see this headed at this point? >> i think it's anyone's guess. what you really have is a very politicized judiciary on the one hand which is trying to null all the decisions that the elected president has taken and on the other hand the president is trying to push back and ignore the powers of the judiciary. the tiebreaker may be the street. as we saw the street itself is very deeply divided. >> this starts with morsi being applauded as a peacemaker one minute and next minute he's making a power grab in his own country. do you think this is what he had planned all along? >> i mean who knows. the one-two punch, the timing of it, the day after he gets all this international applause, particularly from the u.s., the day after that he does something at home which is to say at least is controversial would suggest he was using the cover of the international approval to do something that he knew under other circumstances would have registered stronger criticism.

>> what position does this put the united states in having come out and publicly praised the egyptian leader to have it followed up by this action. the u.s. comes out and condemn it. what position has the u.s. been put in? >> the same position it's been in for decades. regimes that are allies when it comes to national security when it comes to peace effort when it comes to counterterrorism doing things at home that we don't like and always the same dilemma. do you turn your back -- you don't look at what they are doing at home for the sake of what they are doing abroad or do you criticize them and jeopardize the relationship you have? what we're hearing now from the state department and white house is trying to tow that line. mild criticism but not enough to jeopardize the relationship. >> does this foretell the possibility that there's more instability in the middle east. it's a troubled time right now? >> innent itself we're seeing scenes of violence. what's remarkable on the one

hand what president morsi you can understand it. he said everything we're trying to do success threatened by this judiciary which is politicized. but these are exactly the same arguments we've heard in all these circumstances, all of history itself invoked the will of the people and the revolution and to say what you're doing is temporary. the problem is he's the judge of what is revolutionary and in line of the will of the people and he's the judge of what temporary action means. >> what do you think of this cease-fire deal. some people criticized it and said it's empowering hamas. what's your opinion of it? >> i think the real irony in the tragedy in what happened this time is what should have happened four years ago. we all knew that what was needed was to normalize the situation in gaza and prevent smuggling of weapons' renewed violence. that's what they agreed to this time. it has to be enforced.

hamas is a reality. they are there to stay. every time a war like this happens that kind of an organization tends to be empowered because you say we resisted. those calling for negotiations are marginalized. >> thank you for wk us this morning. >> thank you. >> investigators this morning are trying to determine the cause of a national gas explosion that rocked springfield, massachusetts. the blast on friday night leveled a strip club and left a huge hole in the ground. debris was scattered for blocks. dozens of buildings were damaged. one police officer said it looked like springfield was hit by a missile. >> a generic version of lipitor is being recalled because some batches may be contaminated with glass particles. the recall covers 10 20 and 40 milligram doses. no reported injuries. the recall is the latest in a

string of manufacturing problems for the company dating back as far back as six years. >> big day for starry eyed open otimists. chip reid is following the story as excitement builds and ticket lines grow longer for the powerball. >> reporter: this weekend the amount that shoppers are spending is not the only number. take a look at the powerball jackpot, $325 million. nearly $213 in a single cash payment. 44 states and territories offer a chance to play. since the lottery raised the price of a single ticket to $2 in january, the prizes have increased even while the number of tickets purchased has declined. the chances of winning saturday's jackpot 1 in 75

million. recently there's some big winners. iowa hit it big with two jackpots this year. >> it's the number one cash jackpot to an individual or a couple in iowa's lottery history. >> reporter: the couple bought a ticket in a $202 million contest and took home 90 million in cash. a group of 20 quakerr oats worker split winnings in june. the surge in ticket purpose before a big jackpot but they say they are not sure how thanksgiving will affect tonight's drawing. for cbs "this morning saturday" chip reid, washington. >> and it's about 21 after the hour. here's martina brown from cbs atlanta with our first check of the weather this morning. >> let's talk about the weather. big changes on the way. really all across the nation. let's start with the northeast where they have an area of low

pressure that will start to bring them and is already bringing them lake-effect snow down to the southeast. an area of high pressure around. there's sunshine but eventually they will cool down and already are starting to see that as well. off to the northwest we're talking about an area of low pressure there as well. so get ready for the big chill. it is already starting to happen. our 50s and 60s will turn into 30s and 40s. look for gusty northwest winds and lake-effect snow and all because of a front that's moving across the entire country and everybody is going to be a lot colder than they already are. that is a look at your national forecast. now here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend.

back to you. >> and coming up the fighting irish of notre dame and alabama. it will be one of the highest profile matchups ever for the championship in college football than weekend could be the key. >> also a look at the influence that actor larry hagman's j.r. ewing character had on the history of tv. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

it may sound silly but some researchers insist we human beings as a species are getting dumber as we go along. could it be true an ordinary citizen of athens 3,000 years ago would be some kind of a genius today? it explains a lot. >> a new survey that's coming out that is suggests those folks are smarter than we are.

hard to believe. >> kind of wonder how they know. we're going to talk about how they would look back and deduce that we all of our technology and inventions and visit to space are somehow getting dumber. >> it's interesting. we're learning our intelligence does fluctuate. that's something in looking at the survey and information we found out. we'll be talking about it. we'll be right back. this is cbs "this morning saturday." stay w

hour. how are you holding up? >> i'm looking forward to the drinking. >> we tried to move that up at the beginning of the show. >> everybody talks about the best part of filling in on a broadcast is drinking wine or liquor at the end.

>> martina is joining us. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> from atlanta. >> from atlanta, georgia where temperatures were in the 50s and 60s a couple of days ago. >> we brought you here. >> but every where. >> it's been nystatin last couple of days. i was out on times square with my kids. >> say good-bye to that. won't be nice much longer. >> that's reality. >> i don't like reality. >> i'm with you. >> what do you think of this study that suggests we're not as smart as people were way back. >> how do they know? >> how can they put us side-by-side? it's not like they have against studies from back then? >> probably not. >> one thing that i do wonder we make life so easy for ourselves with all of our invention and technology. is part of it maybe we're not exercising our brains we don't have to work as hard to do the basic things? >> when i can't pry my son away

from the x-box i start to worry. >> we may be learning other things that we're not measuring in the same way by doing all these other things. >> i felt when i was watching hours and hours of television as a kid i actually got something out of it. fabulous learning experience. all right. stay with us we'll have more ahead. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

next time you see a toddler just learning to walk think about this. they are so full of energy so nonstop, making all those baby

steps to cover about 2 1/2 miles a day. >> new york university researchers says the average toddler a year to a year and a half old takes 14,000 steps a day. and plops down on his or her bottom more than a hundred times in the process. >> yet still chubby. >> and the parents don't get any thinner following them around i noticed. >> why is that? welcome to cbs "this morning saturday." i'm sharyl attkisson. >> i'm anthony mason. >> actor larry hagman will be best remembered for his role as the steaming amoral but always charming j.r. ewing in the popular tv show "dallas." for more on the character, we turn to a film critic. good morning. thank you for positioning yourself there. what influence in the scheme of things did larry hagman's character have on television. sort of an iconic character. >> he was such an oversized

villain. the j.r. character was not intended to be center of "dallas." but he soon took over the show. >> i wonder if someone else had played the role who perhaps not quite so bigger than life as larry hagman would have become the role it did. obviously when it took off they made more story lines around him. >> it became his show. intended to be the marriage of patrick duffy and victoria principle character. the villain was too delicious. >> when larry hagman wrote about the role he said he started to ad lib a little bit. >> he was known for that for his improv. the same thing happened in the reboot of "dallas." i wonder how it can go on without him. once again j.r. was not meant to be focus. >> some of us are old enough he

did have a life before "dallas." he was on "i dream of jeanne." >> he had two iconic roles. anthony nelson, the lover of jeanne on "i dream of jeannie" for five years. then 14 seasons on "dallas" during which he never miss ad show. only actor on "dallas" never missing a show. >> but a hard drinking life. >> he had a liver transplant in his 60s and 70s after drinking five bottles of champagne a day. >> depending who you listen to. >> was he given credit as a great actor or was it one of those things where people just thought he had a lucky bigger than life role? >> he never had much of a film career although he was in some notable movies. he wasn't able to make his name there. he was in "primary colors."

i think he'll be remembered for these two great tv roles and always be j.r. in people's heart. >> thanks. we'll see you later and talk about hitchcock. >> and now here's martina brown from cbs atlanta with another check of the weather. >> let's talk about all this weather that's going on first. we go the northeast where yeah they are seeing sunshine for the most part but temperatures are noticeably cooler. we're talking about 50s and 60s turning into 40s. gorgeous. the story starts to change when you go the pacific northwest. we're talking about folks that are starting to see some snow there and in the northern rockies look at this washington state, montana, idaho, wyoming, all seeing snow. that means that when it's all said and done those folks could see five to ten inches of the white stuff. so get ready for real winter

time weather. that is a look at your national forecast. now here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. back to you. >> thanks. up next on this morning, no terrify game is just one win away from the bcs championship next month and number two arch rival alabama could be their opponent. a match-up of two teams that only happened once before. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

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♪ the run to the national college football championship is shaping up as one of the most exciting in years. for the first time in 19 years notre dame is unbeaten and ranked number one after beating wake forest last week and is now just one win away from the bcs championship game on january 7th. number 2 alabama is 10-1 after beatin bets.

but first the tide has to roll over the auburn tigers. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> i don't want to presume an outcome here but there's an awful lot of talk here about the possibility of a notre dame-alabama national championship game. how much would it mean to the sport? >> if it happens i think it would mean a lot. it would be a blockbuster game. we have a couple of games between now and then. >> i agree. i think it would being a great for college football. we started this season with the question is notre dame still a relevant program. now they've gone from questions of relevance to questions

whether they can be a team that was three weeks ago was almost unbeatable. it will be good for college football throwing run and great for the viewer. >> you've seen a lot of alabama. how good of a team are they? >> not as good as last year. >> they haven't gotten to that level. i would agree. they have the potential with a.j. coming out as a big time quarterback. he hasn't played his best football in the second half of the season. >> you guys talk about the beginning of the seasoning questioning whether notre dame was still relevant. obviously they are relevant. my question at this point is what's changed with that program? do you think there is anybody that can stand in their way at this point? >> yes. southern cal. i really could. they won that convincingly. but we looked down their schedule and thought there's no way that they would arrive at this point undefeated. >> brian kelly has done a great

job. he's immersed himself more into the program. he tried to be the ceo of the football team. he coaches quarterback. he knows his choice to play quarterback, he had to get more involved and instead of standing on the sidelines and becoming emotional he got involved. i think it steadied the team. they got better. they got better on the defensive and offensive line. anyone they play they are coming out electronic. >> these are two schools really with national reputations, national programs that have storied histories. is that why you think there's so much talk about this potential of this game and actually -- there's talk about huge betting money lining up just iran case it happens too. >> i do think this that they are two of the great programs not the greatest. that's an arguable list. but they played only six times in their history and the last time was in 1987 and alabama is 1-5 against notre dame.

so i think the enticing thing there with these current squads if it happens how would they measure up? >> i was hoping vern would handle the gambling. >> i'm the son of a minister. >> that's why he laughed. knees where to stop. >> all right. thank you both for being with us this morning. remember they will bring you all the action in the alabama-auburn game this afternoon beginning at 3:30 eastern time right here on cbs. >> another big college football story about the band not just any marching band but what's known as the best damn band in the land. they are ready for today's big osu-michigan game. >> reporter: at ohio state university the students are part of what's been called the best damn band in the land have been practicing all cooke. but this season they've already

punched their ticket to internet celebrity. >> came off the field and cheering and yelling. we looked at each other and said this is something special. >> reporter: at homecoming against nebraska one of the parents reported their salute to video game. it went viral. >> to give you how many people watched that performance since it was posted online six weeks ago, consider this, ohio stadium seats about 505,000 people one of the biggest in the country. you could fill this place about 135 times with the number of people who have watched that show. the musicians mesmerized as they darted in and out of come flex formation bringing video games like pokemon, at the try and pac-man to life. >> it conjures up specific images and it was just a matter of putting those images on paper and making sure the students could get from one image to next.

>> reporter: after one week of practice a concept turned into a sensation. the band director said the time to celebrate quickly passed. >> we may not have another shine 20 years around here that has the same mass appeal but we'll sure try every game. >> reporter: when this season ends the search for the next big show starts again. for cbs "this morning saturday" this is kristen hartman in columbus, ohio. >> that's something. up next ever have one of these moments? >> you know, lloyd, just when i think you couldn't possibly be any dumber you go and do something like this. >> hard to believe that humans may be getting dumber. that's what one new study suggests. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

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♪ in just the past century or so human beings have invented everything from the light bulb to the computer and we've gone from horse drawn carriages to space travel. a recent study suggests our species has been getting dumber for thousands of years, that the human brain power peaked before we started writing written words. can that be true? let's ask the professor from duke university for brain say evens. can you explain this theory? >> this theory is not a study based on actual fact. what it's based on the theory of survival of the fittest. the theory argues our gene pool has been getting diluted. back in prehistoric times if you were not physically fit or

mentally fit you wouldn't survive. in today's society in a very supportive society we support the weakest. and if you make a mistake like a wall street executive he may get a bonus. >> the author of the theory says the average athennian would be one of the smartest people today. the human race will get dumber and dumber. how do we know how smart they are? >> we don't. we have this image that everybody is a george clooney or brad pitt. in the last century itself we've again growing taller our brain size has increased and iqs jumped by 30 points because of better nutrition, better child care, better pregnancy, cleaner environment. >> i was interested to read we learned that our iq can fluctuate and there are some points in time when we're smarter than others.

>> absolutely. we thought iq was fixed and we thought much of our brain development peaks in childhood by teenage of 18 or so. we know the adult brain is very maleable. use it or lose it theory applies. by using our brain and exercising our mind we can change our iq to a certain degree. >> are there different types of fwlens. >> absolutely. there's many different types of intelligence. we have intelligence for things for math spacial abilities, navigation musical, creative talent, intelligence emotional intelligence, social nuclear weapons. yes, absolutely many different types of iq. >> what can we do if we decide we don't want that brain drain. you said sometimes we're smarter than others. today is not my good day. in general is there anything we can do? >> as society there's many things. eliminate poverty will have the biggest impact. nutrition in childhood is when

the brain develops. as adults use it or lose it. the more creative things we can do the more we can learn in interesting ways we can make it grow. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. up next they will start going up at new year's and in just three months it will be the tallest skyscraper in the world. how can they do it and would you go in it? we'll take you behind the headlines. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

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list's all done. raise the roof!! no one says that anymore, mom. [ shopper ] raise the roof! ahh! raise the roof!! [ male announcer ] black friday continues all weekend with savings on electronics, home christmas decor and more. the first and only place to go this black friday weekend. walmart. ♪ now it's time for a look at behind the headlines, the stories you might have missed. china to build world's largest skyscraper in 90 days. "time" magazine reports a chinese company has developed a

prefab system for creating tall earthquake proof buildings. it plans to build the skyscraper on the first the year and finishing at the end of march. it would be the world's tallest building. >> i'm not sure i'm going into that one. three months? number two man accidentally gives away life savings in old shoe. no kidding. yahoo! news reports a man from texas said his wife gave away his shoes with his life savings in it. >> finally obituary claims man died from disappointment caused by chiefs. the obituary of a missouri man blamed his death in part with heartbreaking disappointment with the kansas city chiefs.

that's why i don't get too upset about football. >> i'm afraid there will be a wave of new york mets fans demise ahead if this keeps up. >> no daenger of that four. you're not the biggest football fan in the world. >> no. but i believe my baseball team may. later snow white is the sport wielding heroine that made a movie critic quit over his job because of censorship. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." demise of a fan. are you a big fan? >> of football? >> of any sport. >> basketball. if i had to pick one.

>> when i worked at cnn in atlanta they used to give free tickets from ted turner for the braves games. i did followed that sport pretty seriously for about a year. >> potential for heartbreak is huge. >> the players i knew i saw the next year joined other teams. what's going on? >> they play whoever will pay. >> yeah. >> there are -- the hard core fans i mean the passion is fun to watch. but occasionally i'll get invested and then your heart gets broken and then you think why am i so into this? >> love hurts. >> it really does. >> you never painted yourself one color? >> no. in college you get crazy. >> were you out there with no shirt. >> no one wants to see that. i don't want any photographs of that. wait a minute. you were in the marching band? >> i was. >> in college. >> yes. not in college.

i wasn't that good. >> in high school? >> very competitive high school played the clarinet. i wanted to play the flute but i didn't have the breath for it. >> how about your clarinet career? >> i still go home and play it. >> i love that. anyway stay with us. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." we'll be right back.

welcome to cbs "this morning saturday" i'm anthony mason. >> i'm sharyl attkisson in for

rebecca jarvis. coming up this half hour imagine being a critic who drew this order from his boss ignore movies where women are heroes. >> holiday travel season is in full swing with all the stress and expense that comes with it. we have tips to make things easier. >> the fbi is warning online shoppers beware of holiday shopping scams especially on cyber monday. we'll tell you what to look out for. >> first our top story this half hour, black friday is over small business saturday is here and the holiday shopping season is officially under way. let's get an update from seth doane. what are we learning in these early morning hours of the shopping season? >> reporter: i want seems to be changing a bit. consumer patterns appear to be a bit different compared with other years covering black friday. for instance this k-mart opened on thursday on thanksgiving. a number of stores opened on

thanksgiving and you saw those big crowds those long lines on thanksgiving evening instead of early black friday morning. we were in a target yesterday morning it had already been open for 11 hours. you're starting to see more of that steady stream of shoppers and not that stampede that you're used to seeing because there are more hours that people can shop. so you don't have those long long lines. we're also told that people are shopping for a broader range of items. they might be coming in for that tv but then might be browsing through the house wares of this increased time seems to be changing a bit. >> seth doane, thank you. >> the day after black friday today is known as small business saturday third year of a push to encourage holiday shop towers patronize the locally owned businesses. joining us with an update on the small business movement is vice chairman of a rather large

business american express which is a founding partner of small business saturday. >> we are. >> the point of that? what was the purpose? >> american express believes in standing for small businesses. we have a business dedicated for small businesses for over 25 years. our mission is to help small business do more business. it was in that spirit that we created small business saturday two years ago and we're delighted that now we're off and running for our third one that's today. >> what are the early trends that you're seeing so far? >> we certainly see that the holiday shopping season is off to a good start. we did a lot of research coming into black friday that suggested holiday shoppers will spend slightly more this year than last year in total and 45% of americans were out shopping yesterday. more importantly we found out that 65% of americans planned on shopping today, to shop small on small business saturday. so we're really excited about that. >> i was at a burger and fry business in times square above average of chains in new york not a huge business decent

size. they said they are worried, they are actually worried about the fiscal cliff and the implication. is that something you're hearing from a lot of small businesses that this whole, you know, this whole bottleneck in washington could concern them? >> well we certainly see this more anxiety as the clock counts down the fiscal cliff. i think the words coming out of washington are more positive than they've been in the past few years and more productive and despite that uncertainty we're finding that consumers are planning to spend 2% or 3% more this holiday season. i think if that gets settled sooner than later you'll see a big pick up in spending and consumer confidence. >> i heard some small businesses say look we'll put off hiring until we know washington has worked all of this out. >> i think that's an important point. small businesses are cautious. we also know small businesses account for almost half the employment in the united states today. they account for two-thirds of the job creation. we have a problem with jobs because small businesses are

cautious. the more we can do to help support them and improve their confidence the better off we'll all be. >> why isn't shopping at a small business particularly a local one important? who benefits if that? >> clearly the small business will. but it's also important for local communities. we know that a strong and vibrant main street is great for our local community. real estate values are higher everything else being equal and it's just a sign of a vibrant u.s. economy creating jobs and giving back to the local community. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> the cease-fire between israel and hamas is holding up this morning and that's good news for tens of thousands of children in gaza who returned to school today. schools were closed during the eight davis rocket attacks between israel and hamas. egypt is hosting separate talks with envoys of israel and hamas on the next phase of the cease-fire. >> it appears that a fight over a parking space resulted in two people being shot outside a

walmart on black friday in tallahassee, florida. a man and a woman were hospitalized. their wound are not life threatening. police are searching for the gunman. >> rescue efforts continue in san francisco to free a man wedged in a drain pipe several feet below ground. customers at a best buy store heard the man's faint cries for help on friday and called police. public works crews removed a section of pipe that's holding him. it's not known how long the man has been stuck there. it's about five minutes past the hour. time for another check of the weather with martina brown from atlanta. >> it's all about the november chill that's happening right now. for the folks in parts of the great lakes region and northeast a cold front moved through and unleashed lots of cold air. temperatures that were once in the 50s and 60s that are now looking like 30s and 40s. a gusty northwest within. as you can see we're looking at lake-effect snow for those folks as well. the cold air is moving as far to

the south as the south and east. those folks will be dealing with the same kind of chill, loss in the 20s and 30s. talking about frost and freeze alerts. that means you got to bring the plants in or cover them up again. the november chill is happening right now. that is a look at your national forecast. now here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. anthony, back to you. >> thanks. as long as there have been writers there have been those who want to control or censor what they write. this film critic found that out in a very personal way. he quit his job at the niagara falls reporter when the newspaper's new publisher and

editor began censoring certain reviews and sent this e-mail about a film he reviewed. he wrote snow white and the huntsman is trash. moral garbage pap lot of fuzzy feminist thinking and pandering to creepy hollywood mores produced by metrosexual imbeciles. the e-mail drew national attention when it was posted online. let's talk it over. thank you for being with us. first of all, what did you think when you saw that e-mail? >> my first thought was disbelief. then i engaged in a phone call with him and he had not seen the film and he basically doesn't go to the movies so he judges films based on theme and in keeping with his own political and social agenda. >> well there was a quote in the e-mail that he sent to you and it said, i don't want to publish review of films where women are

alpha and men are beta, where women areeroes and villains and men are just lesser versions or shadows of females. i believe in manliness. what's behind all that? >> i think, you know, the sad thing about all this is that it all plays into the what is being called the war on women. i think that in the '60s and '70s women achieved all these gains, all these advances and suddenly they fine themselves fighting for equal rights again which is outrageous and you have a small newspaper that you have a man with deep pockets and of course there's the internet and this is all part of the play against women and he's using movies as an excuse which is absurd. >> up took sort of a gamble and said i'll go public with this. explain how so many people paid attention to it. >> i sent roger ebert the film critic an e-mail and i said this is what happened to me. and he said -- he wanted to publish my e-mail. i said no as a writer i have to shape this up and let's put this

in column form. die that. it's taken off. it's astounding. >> now, there's a quote in the toronto star to explain his position. here's what he said. he says quote it is the right of hollywood to market promiscuous sex, violence and profanity not only to adults but to adolescence. i operate a small newspaper in niagara falls and it is my right not to review hollywood movies. >> that's his right. it's his right not to go to movies. that's not a hollywood make. hollywood makes a lot of great films. there's an enchanting movie called the "life of pi" which i think everyone should see. the idea that hollywood only makes trash is completely absurd. >> does he not have the right to the so if he wants to run the newspaper to do what he want? >> he can do whatever he wants but he's running a newspaper so one he's eliminating the possibility of movie advertising. and it sort of is absurd that he

doesn't go to films. so, you know, frankly he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to movies. >> were you surprise at the response? >> i was stunned. yes. absolutely. the support has been incredible. maybe funny to me some people thought what i wrote originally was too long. i didn't realize it was over 3,000 words. >> i don't want to let you go what is your review in a nutshell of the movie. >> of "snow white and the huntsman." i didn't think it was a bad mother. i liked it better than "mirror mirror." via sue sally it's an extraordinary film. basically what's wrong with having strong women in movies? the publisher is wrong. >> you left that paper. what are you doing now? >> i write for a website called western new york media.net. i'm on the radio in buffalo. i've been contacted from websites please write for us. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning.

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♪ there's no place like home for the holidays ♪ ♪ because no matter -- ♪ >> the holidays are here. bad news that means so is this holiday travel season with the lines, hassles, expense seems to get worse every year. one big reason the cost keeps going up is airline fees. by the end the year the airlines will have collected $36 billion in fees added to the ticket prices. so how can you keep those fees and hassles to a minimum? peter greenberg is here with some solutions. good morning. >> good morning. that will be $5. >> yeah. this month spirit airlines raised its fee for carry on bags

checked at the gate to $100 which is something most airlines to for free. not only is that outrageous but you're just sort of the unlucky guy if your carry on doesn't fit on the plane you're the guy who has to pay $100. >> they are doing it because they can. if you buy an airline ticket in the old days everything was bundled into the airline ticket it was $400. airline tickets are taxed at a high rate. sometimes the taxes are more expensive than the fare. going to a la cart fees they are saving more money. that's why they are doing it. why? because some airlines are having the cost of the food is more than the ticket because they have to pay less in taxes. >> this makes it almost impossible to shop around for a good ticket you buy your ticket, do your due diligence and then when you go to the airport you find to get a seat that's not by a bathroom in the back in the middle you have to pay 30 50, 75.

>> no you don't. first of all is stand by. book the first flight of the day and then even if you can't make that flight you're in much better to fly stand by at no extra charge. the seats? the premium seats are a joke. why? because if you go on the website the only seats are available are on the back of plane. airlines hold back 30% of their seats. call them. they are selling premium seats. you know what the definition of a premium seat? 15 e a middle seat is sold in the premium seat. why? because you can smell the cookies in first class but can't have one. why would you do that? >> i'll pay anything for leg room. what about baggage fees? >> some credit cards will let you get that first bag checked fee. the other thing is weight. overweight fees. this gets me angry because if you go to the store and buy a pound much meat or produce

there's a cale that's inspected by the city. who is inspecting the inging the scales at the airport. here's your travel scale. retails $12. hook it on the handle of your bag. you know before you leave home if it's 50 pounds. 51 pounds you will be hit with 25, 50 and 75. >> you say you know for a fact those scales sometimes are heavy adding a pound. >> i know for a fact they haven't been calibrated in a long time. >> they are not erring on saving you money. >> do you bring this to the airport? >> i do. >> what are the easiest travel fees to avoid. is there something simple we can do? >> the excess baggage fee. the stand by fee. and the change fee. that's the most important thing. then the other thing is this. it's what you bring to at the

airport that counts. the tsa has revealed a big new news bulletin for those who want to bring presents for friends, cakes and pies may be allowed in your carry on bag as long as they don't determine it's a liquid. for those who are collectors snow globes are finally being allowed -- >> oh, good. you were waiting for this. snow globe are being allowed as lone as they fit in that three quart ziploc bag. so silly. >> i do buy snow globes when i go places. >> up next 'tis the season to be very concerned about online scams. well tell you the five you need to watch out for on cyber monday. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

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♪ 'tis the season for holiday shopping and for holiday scams, especially online. the fbi this week issued an advisory warning consumers to beware of internet fraud. with cyber monday coming up our columnist with reuters joins us to reveal the five holiday scams and how to protect yourself. what do we need to look out for? >> same online as it is off line. if it's too good to be truitt really is too good to be true. deal with people you know and trust. the brands and stores you know. be wary of things which you've

never heard of people you never heard of. >> you're saying we should be particularly careful also now with smartphones. >> yeah. i stand in line and if i have a wait of 13 seconds i will have bought 17 things using amazon one click. this is more of a matter of wasting your money than it is anything else. but, yes, there are ways that -- there are definite things you need to watch out for with your phone because it's so easy to buy now. >> it's quicker and easier. >> temp mail is there, you click on a link and zoom. >> we talk about apps are those potentially doing bad things? >> not so much the apps but the convenience of being able to look at your mail see the link let me do that click on that that will take you to a website. then you're down the path. >> what should we look for when we're retail shopping online. >> the main thing is if the deal is too good to be true that's a very, very big red flag.

same as off line. if you're dealing with an organization you dealt with before, very often the last thing that happens is the shipping and handling part and you're deep in the process and it's hidden. that can be the reason that the deal was too good to be true. so watch out for really huge shipping and handling charges. new start getting requests from charities this time of year. >> yeah. >> do we need to worry about those? >> we do. most reputable charities give most of their money to the charity itself. the bad charities don't. they eat it up on admin fees. good charities don't do an e-mail blast to people they've never done business before. but if you've done business with a charity great. if you haven't you can check them out on websites that will tell you all about them. >> where their money goes. >> and how much much it goes to good works and not lining the

pockets of the chief executive. >> what are fishy emails and text? what is fishing? >> phishing is a hacker technique of sending a spam an e-mail to somebody they don't know which looks like somebody you do know. you get an earn mail from your mom or a company which like e-bay or amazon but it's not really from your mom or e-bay. the intent is to get to you click on that link to do what they want to you do which will give them information about you. >> basically able to go inside your data once you -- >> once you take that sort of active action of clicking on a link there's no hope for you. >> i get a lot of these vacation package deals get sent to you. it's hard to make sense out of them in terms of which ones are viable, real. >> again, you got the sort of hidden fee thing which your travel letter will tell you is one of the big problems with all

kinds of travel. but then if you've not heard of these people why would you get on a train or plane or car with them. use kayak, use the big organizations because they do actually give you very good deals and you know who you are dealing with. >> thanks very much for being with us. >> coming up from a thriller like "north by northwest" to the scariest movies ever made alfred hitchcock was a master filmmaker. we'll look at some of his best. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." ♪ alfred. >> yes. >> were you a hitchcock fan? >> i was huge into hitchcock,

"twilight zone." "night gallery." >> that was a great show. do you have a favorite hitchcock film? >> do i. i loved "rear window" not just for the suspense and cameo by hitchcock, but that whole film is shot almost entirely in one room and you don't really think about it. it's such a good film. you don't think to yourself he's not moving around. he's looking back out in the wheelchair. >> that set. you know which was supposedly his backyard there in the apartment across the way was really extraordinary. jimmie stewart in his prime and grace kelley in her prime. >> what's your favorite? >> i loved "to catch a thief." carrie grant in a fabulous role. the scene -- i mean the locations were extraordinary.

really just a beautiful film. some people say it's unhitchcock in some ways but i always thought it was a great escape film. >> we'll talk more about the films. again the creep factor i liked "the birds." that freaked me out. there was no reason why they did it. >> they kept coming. >> what's the one with the spiral staircase. >> "vertigo." we'll talk about all of it some more. you're watching cbs "this morning sa

♪ that is the beatles in an audition tape recorded in london on new year's day 1962 a recording that toledo one of the worst business decisions ever. >> yes. believe it or not they were rejected by a record company executive who said the beatles quote had no future in showbiz and he said guitar groups were on their way out. that tape sold at auction author $50,000. >> where is that record executive now. welcome back to cbs "this morning saturday." i'm anthony mason. >> i'm sharyl attkisson. coming up a new movie about alfred hitchcock. we're debating which is the greatest alfred hitchcock film of all time. >> the greatest comfort food roast chicken by world renown chef michael ferraro. >> we talked about how cold it was and how cold it was getting. get ready for more. unbelievable. the cold is coming our way. even more so than you're feeling. folks had temperatures in the 50s and 60s but because of a

cold front that unleash ad lot of that cold air from the northern part of the country and also canada things are only going to get colder. take a look at folks in the northeast. lake-effect snow there down the southeast. an area of high pressure giving them sunshine but they too are going to get colder. off to the west things are getting wintry there as well. in washington state, montana, idaho they are seeing cold air and getting snow. in fact when it's all said and done they could see five to ten inches. now here's a closer the weather for your weekend. >> anthony, back to you. >> martina, i don't like that cold forecast.

" the voice, the profile, the touch of a master story teller. a man who changed hollywood, alfred hitchcock. >> step aside. >> cut it. >> you got nudity in there. >> her breasts were rather large. it was a challenge not to show hem. >> hitchcock is the subject and title avenue film starring anthony hopkins as the master of suspense and horror. dana stevens, film critic is back with us again. also with us is matt singer film critic. welcome to you both. you both seen this film first of all what do you think of anthony hopkins portray jl of alfred hitchcock? >> good performance. if you're going for the

performances you'll be pretty satisfied. he's very good. helen mirren is very good. >> it's a little underwhelming as a film. it's a minor success. it won't teach you anything grandly new. >> name your top three movies in honoring mr. hitchcock. let's start with you. you said your film was the 1961 thriller "strangers on a train." >> this was a tough decision. i almost put "shadow of a doubt." but "strangers on a train" has got it all. it's the story of two strangers on a train and because of the evil machinations of one of the two men played by robert walker they decide to trade murders. they will kill someone for the other guy. ate beauty. >> matt your number two pick was "the 39 steps."

which i haven't seen. >> that's part of why i chose that. i wanted to pick something -- if you like his later movies this is where they first came together. you have the classic wrong man who has been accused of a crime he didn't commit. you have an icy blonde. they are on the run. no one really understands. if you like the later movies like "north by northwest" it shows where that came together. >> dana your number two "the rear window" with jimmie stewart and grace kelley. >> it's a classic that everybody loves. when i think about the hitchcock movie that has it all and is surely pleasurable there's romance and suspense and amazing production design. they can see everything going on across the street. not just the murder but all the stories. >> matt your number two is "the birds." for many people that was the

first scary hollywood experience. >> might be one of the scariest movies of all time. i heard you saying how they never explained why the birds attack and that's what makes it so scary. we never find out. it becomes this larger-than-life struggle. it's not a couple of people on the run from birds it's a story of man versus nature and how that's the most terrifying thing. >> number one, dana our favorite "vertigo." regarded as hitchcock's best. >> it was recently voted the greatest movie of all time by the british film institute. "vertigo" is truly, i feel the moment hitchcock's artistry comes through. he's telling a profound human story about grief and loss and love. if you see one movie in your lifetime "vertigo" is a great candidate. >> top of your list is "psycho."

that shower scene is still a classic. >> it is. it may not be as shocking as it was but still pretty disturbing. when you think of the iconic things in the movie, the shower scene, the score, the bates motel, the mother most movies would be lucky to have that many iconic moments in their career and he had them in that one movie. "psycho" is up there. >> how influential is hitchcock? >> extremely influential. >> it seems he's every where. he's really in anybody who is trying to scare your pants off, any suspense filmmaker is indebted to him. >> thanks so much. >> it may look like our green room right now but it's a pass move. we'll explain coming up.

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♪ public schools across the country celebrate the football and basketball teams but one middle school in brooklyn new

york dominates another big story. the chess team has won more than 30 titles. even more impressive 70% of the student body at school is from families at or below the poverty line. the team is the subject of a new documentary called "brooklyn castle." >> it started with this little group of kids. a couple of boys. they came in and started playing. we decided we could take a try to go the nationals because it would be a great experience for the students to travel to another state and we won. we won again. this goes on for ten years. we're still winning. >> i have a goal of becoming a master female african-american master. i think i can do it. it's realistic. i know i can do it. but it's harder now. >> joining us now are the film's director and producer.

and the vice principal and the coordinator and former chess club members. welcome to you all. thanks for being here. john, let me start with you. 30 national titles. how is that possible? >> we just like to think that why can't the kids from brooklyn being a great. our team started off with a small chess team ten years ago. we took a chance going the nationals. our team came in first place. ever since then our team worked hard. our team has grown. we've got end better until last year our middle cool won the high school championship of the united states. >> you spent three years working on this film. what's the secret of the success? >> what i observed is that you know, there's a hard-working group of kids passionate and dedicated teachers and an administration that supports the chess program. and families that support their kids. and i think all that together creates success. >> the parents are important? >> yeah. you can apply that to anything

to band or a music program or reading or math program. people just don't think that applies to chess or applies to chess in a cool with a high poverty level. you need the same things to be successful. >> kids were guided there by somebody or inspired by somebody. how did you get interested inches? >> my grandmother taught me when i was in the third grade. so there was a program at my elementary school that started. so that's how i started. >> what about you? >> i started in elementary school, it was given to me as a class and it was something i was really interested in because it was not something you learned in school, in public schools. >> are you both excellent students in every corner or do you think after watching this film extraordinarily shot beautiful story besides talking about the kids do you think anybody who puts in the work after seven classes a week that you guys are taking to learn chess can anybody become good or do you have to being a great at

math, great at science, great at logic? >> i feel it's for anything just for chess you have to put in the amount of work and you can give up. you have to pursue your goals. i feel anyone can be good as long as they put in the hard work and determination. >> you're an a plus student in other areas? >> i am except for math. >> that's impressive. >> that's what everyone says. >> you have to have a weak spot somewhere. >> that's my weak spot. it depends on your determination and perseverance. if you want something bad enough you'll get it. >> john as this film was being made, your funding of cut by city right? >> since the financial crisis of 2008 a lot of public schools across the country have been dealing with shrinking budgets. everybody is talking about the fiscal cliff but we're facing the fiscal cliff every year. we raise money shaking the tin cup doing everything we can

hoping somebody sees the film and decides this is the type of program they want to support. they want to support a team of kids that are working hard. >> you wanted to become the first african-american chessmaster. without all going into it. i learned about the titles and how close are you to that role? >> right now i'm like in the 2,000. i have 100 points more to go. >> you have to get 2,200. >> i've been playing more. >> albert einstein was something like 1800 1700. >> what does it mean to you to follow these guys around for three years. >> i think i was -- i was just so happy they let me into their school and let me into their home lives and allowed me to capture the story that i think a lot of people don't expect and be able to tell like a positive uplifting story about public education at a time when there aren't many stories like that out there. i feel very lucky to be able to

share that story with people. >> it's special. it's like a drama. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> up next michael ferraro roasts his chicken and gourmet mac and cheese. now that's comfort food. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." [ male announcer ] this is bob a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male

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a@ ♪ michael ferraro came from southern italy in the 1950s and opened a restaurant a few years later. michael was drawn to the family business a few years later and became one of new york's best chef >> he has two popular manhattan restaurants. and a mac bar dedicated to gourmet mac and cheese. and michael ferraro is here with his holiday dish roast chicken

with truffles. if you don't want to cook a turkey we don't have that many people you can cook a chicken. >> the black truffles in this dish really make it that much better. what we do is we make a puree of butter, black truffles garlic shah lots and fresh thyme and pump that butter under the skin. as you taste it it is juicy and you get that truffle flavor all throughout. it's an amped up roasted chicken. >> how do you keep it moist on the inside? how do you keep it from not drying out? >> the number one thing when roasting poultry is not overcook it. everyone wants to make sure it's done. take the chicken or turkey whatever it is out beforehand even if it's under temperature. put a dome of tin foil and let it carry over cook. when you push it up you can press that meat and see the

juice coming out of it. >> like anybody who is serious about mac and cheese. how did you get so hard core about mac and cheese. >> we had the deli first. and we came up with a concept of amped up mac and cheese. me and my partners were like let's come over come up with some flavors and what can we come with. so easy, international comfort food and take it over to mac and cheese. >> what's the secret to great mac and cheese. >> sauce and great cheese. we have 12 different kinds. >> you may have mac quack. >> that's the upscale adult verge. we do a margarita, like a margarita pizza. a cheeseburger mac. >> your father came from italy or your parents came from italy. you were about 14 years old. >> he was 14 years old. different time.

he truly came over on a boat. >> 1950s. >> yes. >> is that who inspired your cooking? >> both my mother and father we were a cooking family and when you're a kid and you have to go do the garden and make the sausage and help make the wine then you're like oh, i want to go and do this but i'm so thankful for it now. it's guided me. >> how old were you when you started to work in their restaurant? >> not their restaurant a friend's restaurant. middle school. >> really? >> helping out prep dish wash and even you know i would go from football practice in high school to a friend's restaurant and we would prep and help cook and wash dishes but then i went into regular college and then i started a bar with my brother and i was 18 years old. and i was like college -- i don't know if this is for me. and my dad is like you remember what it was like when you were growing up and i was in the restaurant. and he's like you do it do at

any time right way. >> we have a tradition here. we'll ask you to sign our dish. >> what an honor looking at this wall. >> our hall of fame. michael ferraro, thanks so much. >> for more on michael ferraro and the dish third website at cbsnews.com/cbsthismorning. >> don't go away. we'll be right back. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." ge got an important letter... he's built a rocket ship to travel into space. girl: google, how far is earth to the moon? google voice response: moon is 238,900 miles... mother vo: the great moment had come... ...3...2...1. ♪ ♪ even though our mom tries, she doesn't really get us. and she'll never know who we are, or what... no way, madden girls?? nike!

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been. >> here's gayle king with a look at what's happening on monday. >> good morning. on monday flight delays are so frustrating and can make the holidays even more complicate pad we'll show you which five flights are most likely to be delayed so that you can make other plans. we'll see you on monday at 7:00 on cbs "this morning." and neck week on cbs "this morning saturday" they are the hippest thing to hit classical music, the pi anno guys will be here to perform live. thanks to both of you for being here. >> enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend, everybody. we'll see you. >> take care. >> michael ferraro is back with us. we didn't get to talk about this. cheers. happy thanksgiving weekend. >> thank you very much. . >> what are we drinking. >> it is pomegranate, mint

strawberry and vodka. it's one of the owner's mothers, she still lives in the building 96 years old. so cheers to tilly. >> she came up with this? >> no just in honor of her. it's as sweet as she is. >> 96 still working on this. >> i was going to tell you that i took cooking lessons i went to italy and took a round of cooking lessons and i thought the food tastes different. it's fresher, comes from local farms and cooking there is different there than here. >> ingredients is a big thing. it's also the passionate of it. when you're surrounded by people who love it and you feel the warmth of it. especially for me that's what cook is about. i cook on my day off. you're cooking today. i love it. i'm not cooking for 500, 600 people, i'm cooking for four people. i was at the restaurant this

year for thanksgiving. the sous chef had a baby. >> tough job. people forget that. thanks for being with us. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for being with us. take care. have a great weekend.

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